University of Iowa Radiology

08/10/2026

We’re looking for teen patients or their siblings who want to make a difference at our hospital. Our Youth Advisory Council is now recruiting patients and siblings who are 14-18 years old and want to:
📣 Share their thoughts about their health care experiences
📣 Help brainstorm ideas to make experiences better for our patients and families
📣 Speak up for patients and families about their health care

Interested? Learn more at the link in the comments. 💛

07/29/2026

07/15/2026

We are excited to share that Dr. David Dick was recently featured in a Wisconsin Public Radio story discussing the important role of nuclear medicine in patient care and medical innovation.

Listen to the Wisconsin Public Radio feature here: https://www.wpr.org/shows/wisconsin-today-2/uws-new-athletic-director-plans-to-produce-nuclear-medicine-in-wisconsin-the-ai-robots-working-to-alleviate-loneliness

07/14/2026

07/06/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Eric Hoffman and Dr. Jessica Sieren who were recently featured in NIH Highlights for the APPIL and their successful S10 Instrumentation grant for a research Photon Counting CT.

https://orip.nih.gov/about-orip/research-highlights/seeing-invisible-detecting-early-lung-diseases-advanced-computed?__cf_chl_f_tk=8CmMhxjkiRg0ATBALsymqomMtVG_D0SjpsGkVh6TERA-1783344566-1.0.1.1-0HoeDTtPv28O89qUpPbfLRRMi856SOHAluq05CiXoGM

06/26/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Sean Fain on being recognized as a Carver College of Medicine Impact Scholar! We are proud to celebrate this achievement, and the meaningful impact Dr. Fain continues to make.

His research was recently featured in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00110-0

Congratulations Dr. Fain!

06/18/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Claudia Mello-Thoms who was recognized by Academic Radiology for her exceptional service as Deputy Editor in Breast Imaging, and by Medical Physics for having one of the Top 10 Most Cited Articles of 2025!

06/11/2026

We’re pleased to share highlights from the Iowa Symposium for the Next Generation of Lung Imaging, held at the University of Iowa on June 3–4.

06/05/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Menda and Dr. Spitz on being awarded an NIH R-01 grant for their research title "Targeting CXCR4 and Redox Metabolism for Alpha Particle Therapy of Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Tumors and Carcinomas."

05/29/2026

We are proud to share that Dr. Xi Peng, PhD has been awarded a project from GE Precision Healthcare entitled "Improving lesion identification and characterization for pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy using advanced MR system, sequences and deep-learning reconstruction." Congratulations Dr. Xi Peng!